Giulio Andreotti

Giulio Andreotti (14 January 1919-6 May 2013) was Prime Minister of Italy from 17 February 1972 to 7 July 1973, succeeding Emilio Colombo and preceding Mariano Rumor; from 29 July 1976 to 4 August 1979, succeeding Aldo Moro and preceding Francesco Cossiga; and from 22 July 1989 to 28 June 1992, succeeding Ciriaco de Mita and preceding Giuliano Amato. He was a member of the conservative Christian Democracy party.

Biography
Giulio Andreotti was born in Rome, Italy on 14 January 1919. He met Aldo Moro and the future Pope Paul VI at the University of Rome, and he became President of the Italian Catholic University Federation. As a protege of Alcide De Gasperi, Andreotti rose quickly within the Christian Democracy party after 1944. In 1954, he served as Minister of the Interior, followed by service as Minister of Finance from 1955 to 1958, Minister of the Treasury from 1958 to 1959, Minister of Defense from 1959 to 1966, and Minister of Industry from 1966 to 1969. In 1972, he formed his first government as Prime Minister, and he gave concessions to the Italian Communist Party in exchange for its tolerance of his government. At the same time, the government had to fight off terrorism, with Moro being assassinated by the communist Red Brigades. From 1983 to 1989, Andreotti served as Foreign Minister, and he led Italy's government one last time from 1989 to 1992. He focused on power-broking between the parties of his five-party coalition, and his personality and success epitomized the postwar political system marked by compromise, pragmatism, and an inability to overcome corruption. Since 1993, he was made to stand trial for the Tangentopoli corruption scandal, as well as association with the Mafia. Andreotti would later claim that he had been blamed for everything that had happened in Italy except for the Punic Wars, which he was "too young for".